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Game to go a long way for nothing (4)

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I believe the answer is:

faro

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'game' is the definition.
(I know that Faro is a type of card game)

'go a long way for nothing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'for' is 'fro' which is present in the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for faro that I've seen before include "Portuguese city" , "Algarve seaport" , "Card game - Algarve port" , "Card game - Portuguese resort" , "Atlantic port" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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